#trait: puppet

[digi-lov]

ExTyrannomon EX9-041 by Minato Sashima from EX-09 Extra Booster VERSUS MONSTERS

This card is a reference to this old character art of ExTyrannomon!

[lagooneah]

Do you think after P learns to smile, probably paired with one of the happier emotes, he practices it all the time in the mirror when he's alone to learn how to do it on command or...

[crownedhades]

I agree with you on Sasori having szpd a 100%. Drop the reasoning pls tho🙏🏻 Sasori is not talked about enough

in my view, sasori (as a human) was in the middle of developing szpd + conduct disorder. possibly possessing autistic traits as well, though i will have to rewatch shippuden to get the full picture.

the reason i specify conduct disorder (rather than aspd) and "developing" szpd is because sasori is permanently a 15 year old after he made himself into a puppet. his brain never developed enough for his condition to be fully matured.

keep in mind that the information i am pulling from is solely from memory, and that i plan on writing a more thorough analysis essay on his character once i finish rewatching the anime. so there may be inaccuracies within this post.

let's begin with his past. his parents died in a war by the hands of sakumo hatake, leaving sasori alone at a very young age and without proper guidance. alone even when he was taken under chiyo's care due to her emotional neglect and general distant behavior. the most significant thing she did for him was introduce sasori to puppeteer (remember, chiyo blamed herself for not being there for sasori when he needed her the most).

sasori made puppets of his parents, craving love and affection. although this is not typical schizoid behavior, it is important to note that sasori is still a very young child who is struggling to cope with the loss of his parents. his symptoms are only beginning to develop, especially when he dropped his puppet parents and realized that these replicas weren't what he truly craved.

those replica puppets of his parents weren't enough for him, and this is where we see his first developing symptom of schizoid personality. he hates the yearning and vulnerability that came with craving something more real and organic.

now, most children end up spiraling in a pit of self-blame whenever they feel unloved or not properly cared for, even if its the caretaker's (chiyo) fault. continuously questioning their self-worth and trying to prove themselves to that caretaker.

if i remember correctly? we do not see this behavior with sasori outside of him trying to "fix" his loss through puppets. instead, he takes on the schizoid trait of severe emotional suppression. he doesn't try to form a connection with chiyo, even if there is a possibility of him wanting to. rather, they coexist under the same roof without actually "living" together.

chiyo's actions are considered to be severe emotional neglect that heavily damages sasori's way of processing, handling, and viewing his own emotions. and since he lacks a proper role model, his sense of morality and perception of the world grows to become heavily skewed. thus he develops conduct disorder or antisocial traits through his usage of developing his puppets and his lack of sensitivity towards life itself.

how he's more willing to turn his only friend into a puppet than to allow that friend to die as a person with his own will. the lack of empathy for another person's conscience; desperately trying to hold onto object permanence rather than the person themself.

vulnerability is something that sasori fears and resents more than anything. from his obsession with trying to eliminate as many physical vulnerabilities in puppet users once found by enemies, to his dislike for his own humanity.

the fact that sasori chose to become a puppet at the age of 15 feels like the snapping point of schizoid personality that only fiction can capture. the true elimination of feeling and heart. to live dissociatively and watching life pass on through the screens of our eyes.

for schizoids, we feel as though we live life mechanically. that our very own eyes are similar to that of our phone screens; the gateway to the external world that we otherwise contempt and feel threatened by. the schizoid personality is characterized by the severation of the external and internal world.

and sasori turning himself into a puppet feels like a very literal interpretation of these descriptions.

it doesn't help that there are many psychologists who theorieze that schizoids resemble borderlines during emotional crisis. how he almost "splits" on those he views to have left his sacred control or "system." splitting also occurs with schizoid individuals, though in a very different way since most of the time it is not emotionally recognized or processed.

speaking of his relationships with other people, he really doesn't associate himself with anyone willingly. he only worked with the akatsuki because he lost the fight against konan.

as for his puppets... they almost feel like a defense mechanism. protecting himself from the trauma he endured as a human as he isolates himself at a steadfast pace.

schizoids are human beings: so naturally, we, too, need community on some level in order to remain healthy. even if it's surface level.

but sasori takes this "surface level connection" to a whole new way when it comes to his puppets. because his puppets are his people, his object permanence that brings him a sense of security. many of his puppets were real people.

it's almost like his puppets are a barrier between him and the organic, external world. his verison if an internal world, solely owned and controlled by him. his space where he feels like he can control, eliminate, and control threats to his autonomy and safety. an enternal self-preservation without any outside interference.

i genuinely believe that with his track record of emotional suppression and general isolation, sasori's brain would have developed szpd upon entering adulthood if he had remained human. instead, it feels more like he buried himself into that disorder by force when he became a puppet.

i feel like i have more to talk about... but nothing else immediately comes to mind. thank you for reading.

[doodleclownbunny]

I think Barnaby would have a bit of a superiority complex around Sally or even silently judge her. He feels like he's a better person for not letting his narcissism make him openly jealous or bitter or mean like she does. Like he's doing NPD correctly. He cringes a bit at her when she doesn't hide that she's insecure and acts out and argues with people in response to those feelings. He's not any better than her though he just struggles with different things than her. He might have healthier interpersonal relationships with others and gets along with people, but he struggles too. It's just not as visable. He's insecure about being openly vulnerable and upset, so of course he's gonna feel annoyed when she's vulnerable and upset around people.

You know,

Yeah I feel like they both have their own way of coping with NPD.

That are both unhealthy but healthy at the same time.

Like how barnaby doesn't show it and puts effort into taking care of the ones he loves but he bottles up his feelings and he tends to be rude about it. But he does care how people perceive him as a good person.

Sally is more expressive and doesn't care if people think that she's a good person, she wants others to know that she's better than them. But she doesn't let her feelings bottle up and she isn't afraid to show or express the bad parts of herself.

I feel like they kinda foil each other in that sense.

Thank you for your thoughts

[the-binding-blade]

so you fought with my brother…

then it’s over.

EVERYTHING…

[firestorm09890]

Ienzo the Liar

[absolxguardian]

I was thinking about TMA in relation to Fnaf because of the similarities between Nikola Orsinov and Eleanor, and I came up with a Fnaf au where roughly the same plot happens but under TMA rules, and I made the MCI kids' fate even sader. William made them into Avatars as part of his attempt at creating the hunt ritual, and now they're required to go around killing and traumatizing people so their god doesn't eat them from the inside. And they have more of their memories than their canon counterparts.

[ask-miscode]

20 Of My Sans OCs

I have way too many of these dudes. This is like a third of them I am guessing. Banda is a sans from a Handplates-like AU and adopted by Miscode. Puppet is actually the outcome of a fight between Killer and Miscode. Pretty intense fight those two had. Daril was my first ever Sans OC.

Ask any of them anything. This is an ask blog questions or interactions with other OCs and Anons and whatnot is the purpose of this blog after all.

[elcucurucho]

obviously you can do whatever you want but there’s nothing that immediately turns me off a piece of fan content faster than a complete refusal to engage with the source material

[evilfrogcereal29]

Tw: nsfw & dark themes, toxic relationship dynamics, age gaps, manipulative behaviors, mentions of dubious consent, father-son dynamics (that are NOT sexualized) yegor is a good dad in this :) he protects nikodim

Nikodim's relationship with Nikto & Yegor:

Yegor and Nikto probably don't get along at all, especially when it comes to Nikodim. They butt heads and are metaphorically pulling Nikodim back and forth so hard he's tearing in two.

Nikto thinks Rodion is naive and innocent (he is, in some ways....) and he can't help but want to corrupt that. He's got almost a decade on the boy in age, and that's enough to put Nikto in a position of power over the impressionable & eager lad. He puts on this 'detached big brother' act to Rodion and him ONLY, acting like he cares about the others well-being a lot more than he really does. He's horribly mean to Rodion, calling him names, making his achievements seem small, tough love as he calls it, but then shows up to save his ass when he's in a pinch, and Rodion can't felt but be grateful and look upto Nikto. If left to his own devices without anyone intervening and getting Rodion away from him, It'd turn very toxic very fast, he'd pressure Rodion into sloppy sex and because he thinks it funny to drink with him (nikto has a considerably higher alc tolerance than poor Nika...) and watch him squeal, intoxicated, while Nikto burries his head into the boys neck, biting and sucking at the untouched skin. He's a toy to Nikto. And Nikto is seriously fucked in the head. He's sneaky and will wait for Yegor to not be around to talk with the boy, especially when he realizes Yegor's onto him. He's not worried about getting caught, no, he's just worried that Yegor will actually talk some sense into the boy and he'll loose his fun </3

Meanwhile Yegor is his unoffical papa who can't fucking stand it. He KNOWS what Nikto is doing, and he doesn't like it one bit. If he catches that sleezy russian around his boy he pulls Rodion out of there immediately. Him and Nikodim started out as just a friendly-teasing relationship, and it still is! But when Yegor realized how airheaded his fellow soldier could be, and seeing him fall for the charms of people like Nikto, Krueger, and Graves (Nika is an americaboo...I just feel like he would look up to Graves as the purest blooded american he's ever dang seen lololol Grave would probably not care for him tho) he knew he had to step in and protect the younger man. He's only in his twenties for christ sake, just a kid to Yegor, who's going on 40 next year. He was in Rodion's shoes once, and like hell he's gonna let what happened to him happen to Nika. He's not trying to be overbearing, and he can hear Nikodim's protests and 'what was that for?!'s when Yegor pulls him by his wrist away from Nikto. He acknowledges that Nika isn't a child, hell, he's watched him blow heads off of enemies countless times. But Yegor just shakes his head every time, and says "get some sense Nika, those aren't your real friends" and lets the boy go. There's only so much he can do, he knows. But god help him if he won't try. He sends Nikto all kinds of glares and gazes, but keeps his distance from that threat of a man...

Yegor actually genuinely cares about Nikodim a lot. If he finds the boy sleeping away in his barracks without a blanket, he'll cover him, if he needs some food and arrived late to dinner, Yegor will split hit plate with him. He's just a good dad :] I love their voicelines together so much their relationship just seems so wholesome and as someone with daddy issues myself, Yegor is the dad we all need in our lives <3

[digi-lov]

Etemon EX5-048 and MetalEtemon EX5-054 by p!k@ru from EX-05 Extra Booster Animal Colosseum

[operationfazbear]

Charlie headcanons

Her favorite candy is sweet tarts

She doesn't talk a lot, she prefers to sing.

If she's not singing, she's humming.

If she can't do either, she's passing notes.

(I mentioned this already but still) she drew a picture of a character that would go on to become the Puppet to try and cheer up Henry after Sammy was abducted.

She would often follow around people dressed in the Spring Bonnie costume and ask them if they knew where Sammy was.

She gives little gifts to people that she gets close to, whether they be candy, small toys, or drawings.

[barnabybugspeopleonline]

there is a high chance that i am probably plural but im just ignoring it because what can i even do abt it

[yunyuis-remade]

i am so tired of the new trend in gaming being "EVERYONE IS ROMANCEABLE DESPITE GENDER!!!! and then no acknowledgement of sexuality beyond that. palia avoided this by having explicitly gay and bisexual references for non-romanceable npcs AND romanceable npcs

but so many romances in stardew suffer from this (not all, but enough that it feels halfassed), the new da, bg3 seems to do this too (pls correct me if im wrong on this bc i havent gotten to play it and id LOVE explicit bisexuality for fucking once)

characters need to go back to having exclusive sexualities. there needs to be exclusive romances again in gaming. i am pleading. romance feels so fucking empty how its done now bc no one wants to put character in the writing

[kozzax]

Jade and Dirk get into mlp discourse with each other. I don't think Jade likes Dirk very much-- hes a friend of her friends --and that's not helped by the fact that their mlp opinions are opposites. They have beef through anonymous forum accounts on earth c. Like really toxic fighting on the internet kind of beef but they're both having fun with it. They are not friends but on this specific topic they're bitter enemies who have fun with their hatred of each other. Other topics theyre chill with each other on it's only the mlp opinions that they're tearing each other apart for.

Mlp is a banned topic at meetups.

[brokentoys]

idk puzzler might be autistic. no neurotypical person just quotes their special interest any moment they get. no neurotypical person has that much of an interest in airplanes.